The Age of Cretinism

Re:The Age of Cretinism by simonask on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:22AM (#17748912)

At what point does it become fair to describe literal imitations of the developments that led to the rise of Nazi Germany as such? Such comparisons should not be made lightly, but when how far do we have to go in that direction before "Godwin's Law" stops being invoked to stop criticism?

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by fvdessen on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:37AM (#17748988)

When a politician starts to literally call for the end of democracy, freedom of speech, genocide of people, conquest of neighbouring countries, nationalisation of major industries, etc ?

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by ben_w on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:38AM (#17749165)

All or some?

Also: Freedom of speech is a gradient not a binary, so its loss is harder to notice if done slowly; ditto the balance between nationalisation and privatisation (the fomer I prefer lots; the latter, I don’t really care where the balance is so long as it’s not either extreme).

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by bartread on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:57AM (#17749062)

I would suggest that if you wait that long you've waited too long.

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by fvdessen on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:15AM (#17749098)

Too long to fight against it, or to make Hitler comparisons ?

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by s_m_t on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:45AM (#17749022)

Yeah, Hitler was no trojan horse. He pretty much laid out his plans in a book... Which he wrote in prison after a failed coup.

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